At 08:45 AM 5/19/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Moving on... we're trying to plan a short trip to the Boston area. The >targets are Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill. No great distance away downhill from the Bunker Hill monument (on Breeds Hill!) will be found the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides). I've made many a pilgrimage there. > Is there anything to see at Dorchester Heights for example? It is a little park well maintained by the NPS, but little visited for its historical value. Much of what you see there will be in your mind's eye as you imagine the consternation of the Brits waking up to find Henry Knox's big guns (drug all the way from Fort Ti ) bearing down on them. Those cannons so placed resulted in the Brits pulling out of Boston harbor for good (ending Boston's active partication in the fighting war after what, 8 months?) The big guns would have been pointed at what now (regrettably) are the windows of South Boston High School. It'll take some map work, but I considered the effort worthwhile. I think I recall that NPS personnel are there on weekends to answer questions. > I know there are a great many things to see in that area, but we'll be > short on time for this trip.... just the cream of the crop spots, so to speak. On my last trip to Boston (8-01), I took in Minute Man Park (Lexington/Concord), Dorchester Heights, and *attempted* to locate the actual site of the Boston Tea Party (the single event most identifiable as the first domino falling to lead to the closing of the Boston harbor and the fighting war of the Revolution). I never found the BTP actual site during the trip but later resolved its location. Don't believe a word of the hoopla put out for tourist consumption in the area. For more than you'd want to know on the site of the BTP, go to http://jrshelby.com/btp/index.htm Since making this page, I have learned from a credible authority that the site I marked as being the actual site of the BTP is about 20 yards or so to the west of the actual site. The actual site is in what was (and may still be) a vacant lot. John Robertson

Greetings, John ... I had viewed with interest your BTP info. I would appreciate the update you have to the location. A big question ... during your research, did you find any research/documentation done on the ownership of that site? I ask because I am awaiting smail from Canada of papers which indicate a shared inheritance to the 'T-Wharf' in Boston; circa 1887 at $1.4 million. The original property was an Englishman, Edward Love who returned to England leaving wife and daughter behind; they went to NB, then NS. The surnames involved are Love, Clark(e), and Brown in 1887. Any insight much appreciated. Thank you for your time, Jan John Robertson wrote: <snip> > On my last trip to Boston (8-01), I took in Minute Man Park > (Lexington/Concord), Dorchester Heights, and *attempted* to locate the > actual site of the Boston Tea Party (the single event most identifiable as > the first domino falling to lead to the closing of the Boston harbor and > the fighting war of the Revolution). > <snip> > I never found the BTP actual site during the trip but later resolved its > location. Don't believe a word of the hoopla put out for tourist > consumption in the area. For more than you'd want to know on the site of > the BTP, go to > http://jrshelby.com/btp/index.htm > Since making this page, I have learned from a credible authority that the > site I marked as being the actual site of the BTP is about 20 yards or so > to the west of the actual site. The actual site is in what was (and may > still be) a vacant lot. > > John Robertson > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237